August 31, 2008	Sunday	Sha'aban 28, 1429

COLOMBO, Aug 30: Sri Lanka scored a convincing 112-run victory in the fifth and final One-day International on Friday to leave India as 3-2 series winners (also partly reported in Saturday’s edition).

India were bowled out for 103 after rain reduced their target from 228 to 216 in 44 overs, pace bowler Nuwan Kulasekera and unorthodox spinner Ajantha Mendis sharing eight wickets.

The game was interrupted with India on 70 for three in the 15th over. When it resumed after an 85-minute delay the visitors collapsed like a pack of cards, losing their last seven wickets for 33 runs.

Earlier, an unbroken seventh-wicket partnership of 94 between Jehan Mubarak and Thilan Thushara helped Sri Lanka reach 227 for six in 50 overs after they had slumped to 133 for six.

Kulasekera, who took four top-order wickets, was named Man-of-the-Match and India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni took the Man-of-the-Series award.

Scoreboard

SRI LANKA:

S.T. Jayasuriya c Ojha b Zaheer 1

B.S.M. Warnapura c Gambhir b Pathan 30

M.L. Udawatte lbw b Pathan 43

K. Sangakkara c Gambhir b R.P. Singh 1

M. Jayawardene c Yuvraj b Ojha 12

C.K. Kapugedera c R.P. Singh b Ojha 26

J. Mubarak not out 47

T. Thushara not out 54

EXTRAS (LB-6, W-6, NB-1) 13

TOTAL (for six wkts, 50 overs) 227

FALL OF WKTS: 1-1, 2-78, 3-80, 4-82, 5-104, 6-133.

DID NOT BAT: K.M.D.N. Kulasekara, C.R.D. Fernando, B.A.W. Mendis.

BOWLING: Patel 7-1-20-0; Zaheer Khan 10-1-49-1 (1nb); R.P. Singh 8-0-54-1 (3w); Pathan 10-0-52-2 (3w); Ojha 10-4-28-2, Sharma 2-0-7-0; Yuvraj Singh 3-0-11-0.

INDIA:

V. Kohli lbw b Kulasekara 31

G. Gambhir c S’kkara b Kulasekara 11

Yuvraj Singh b Mendis 17

S.K. Raina c Fernando b Kulasekara 10

R.G. Sharma lbw b Kulasekara 3

M.S. Dhoni b Fernando 1

I.K. Pathan c Warnapura b Mendis 7

Zaheer Khan lbw b Mendis 3

R.P. Singh c J’dene b Fernando 4

P.P. Ojha c Kulasekara b Mendis 5

M.M. Patel not out 4

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-2, W-4) 7

TOTAL (all out, 26.3 overs) 103

FALL OF WKTS: 1-38, 2-45, 3-70, 4-76, 5-79, 6-85, 7-90, 8-91, 9-95.

BOWLING: Kulasekara 9-2-40-4 (1w); Thushara 6-0-26-0; Fernando 7-1-24-2 (3w); Mendis 4.3-2-10-4.

RESULT: Sri Lanka won by 112 runs under D/L Method after India’s target was revised to 216 in 44 overs because of rain interruption.

SERIES OUTCOME: India won five-match series 3-2

UMPIRES: T.H. Wijewardene (Sri Lanka) and B.R. Doctrove (West Indies).

TV UMPIRE: M.G. Silva (Sri Lanka).

MATCH REFEREE: B.C. Broad (England).

MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Nuwan Kulasekara.

MAN-OF-THE-SERIES: Mahendra Singh Dhoni.—Reuters